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January 2019 QRP/CW Sprint (#171) KF0U Comments - Another sprint in the books and 91 total logs. Well, next time. See everyone in a couple of months. Thanks for all the assistance. N2CN Comments - Cross-checking is complete. Final Results SWA - STRAIGHT KEY CATEGORY Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna W1 Division KN1H 32 32 64 16 1024 x2 2048 400' End-fed wire K1MZM 31 31 62 15 930 x2 1860 80 Meter OCFD at 35 feet N1XF 25 24 49 13 637 x2 1274 107' Wire 50' High to 25' K1IEE 13 13 26 10 260 x2 520 OCF 120FT long wire @ 30FT W1PQO 3 3 6 3 18 x2 36 DIPOLE @ 25' WB1GYZ 0 0 0 0 0 x2 0 Sloping vee W2 Division W2SH 33 33 66 15 990 x2 1980 Inverted L, V86',H68';270'cf dpl@45' W2JEK 18 18 36 11 396 x2 792 End fed wire 110 ft long KA2KGP 12 12 24 9 216 x2 432 G5RV up 25 ft. W3 Division AI4SV 33 30 63 17 1071 x2 2142 Dipole at 35' KD3CA 27 25 52 16 832 x2 1664 Ocf Windom @33 ft K3JZD 28 28 56 13 728 x2 1456 40m dipole @ 25', 80m 59' EFRW @ 20' KQ3Z 10 9 19 8 152 x2 304 135' dublet vee at 30' AK3X 8 8 16 8 128 x2 256 OCF doublet at 27 ft W3TTT 6 6 12 6 72 x2 144 Inverted Vee at 50 feet W4 Division K4KRW 32 32 64 16 1024 x2 2048 80m Doublet@30' K4KBL 30 27 57 16 912 x2 1824 OCF dipole @ 45' N4OW 19 18 37 15 555 x2 1110 BUTTERNUT HP6V VERTICAL WG8Y 16 16 32 11 352 x2 704 Maxcon 10-80ocf & 30ft. WX4RM 16 16 32 10 320 x2 640 6BTV gnd mtd Vertical W4DUK 10 10 20 7 140 x2 280 End-fed Zepp @ 20' K8LBQ 10 10 20 7 140 x2 280 Inverted vee dipole at 30' WT4U 10 10 20 7 140 x2 280 132' end-fed W5BIB 4 4 8 4 32 x2 64 OCF dipole @ 20ft KB0ETU 5 5 10 3 30 x2 60 Dipole @35 feet AJ4JA 5 5 10 3 30 x2 60 Dipole @ 30' W4HH 4 4 8 3 24 x2 48 End-fed 63 ft, 20 ft high N4FI 4 4 8 2 16 x2 32 110' random wire @ 25' K9EYT 4 4 8 2 16 x2 32 120' #22 wire HOA stealth at 25' W5 Division WI5H 3 3 6 3 18 x2 36 95 ft wire loop KE5YUM 3 3 6 3 18 x2 36 OCF 40 @ 20 feet W6 Division WK6L 2 1 3 2 6 x2 12 Windom Inv. Vee.,20 and 40M K6MGO 1 1 2 1 2 x2 4 46' indoor doublet 10' above gnd. W7 Division KC7DM 7 7 14 6 84 x2 168 480' horizontal loop @ 60' KF7WNS 5 5 10 4 40 x2 80 232ft long wire W8 Division AB8RL 38 38 76 20 1520 x2 3040 Full size 80 meter wire vertical N8XMS 16 16 32 10 320 x2 640 R7 Vertical KB8FE 4 4 8 4 32 x2 64 66' end fed sloper WB8ENE 3 3 6 3 18 x2 36 40M dipole @ 15' W9 Division WB9HFK 46 46 92 21 1932 x2 3864 40M OCF Dipole - 80M 150Ft. Random Wire KC9IL 38 37 75 17 1275 x2 2550 G5RV at 45 feet N8HWV 3 3 6 3 18 x2 36 EFHW AT 15 FT KD9EBS 1 1 2 1 2 x2 4 Fan Dipole at 25 feet, in the attic W0 Division N0TA 18 18 36 12 432 x2 864 1/4 wave Gnd Mnt Vertical NN0SS 11 11 22 10 220 x2 440 Inv Vee @40 ft N8LA 7 6 13 6 78 x2 156 Dipole @ 35' KD0DK 5 5 10 5 50 x2 100 117 ft end fed long wire AA5LH 3 1 4 3 12 x2 24 40-10 Delta Loop @ 25' K0FNR 1 1 2 1 2 x2 4 Elevated vert@ 8ft/4 radials AD0YM 1 1 2 1 2 x2 4 HB OCF Dipole @30 FT Canada Division VA3NU 3 3 6 3 18 x2 36 Dipole @ 25' DX Division SWA - BUG CATEGORY Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna W1 Division W2 Division W3 Division K3WWP 1 1 2 1 2 x1.5 3 ~110' ef attic rnd wire W4 Division KJ4R 30 30 60 16 960 x1.5 1440 40M 34" Vertical 80M 67' Wire Vertical K3RLL 14 13 27 8 216 x1.5 324 Stealth Black After Dark Vertical W4EDN 8 8 16 6 96 x1.5 144 Inv v up 60 ft W5 Division NF5U 15 15 30 11 330 x1.5 495 40m/80m trap dipole at 33ft W6 Division W7 Division W8 Division K8NGW 10 10 20 8 160 x1.5 240 Gnd mtd vert W9 Division K9DRP 9 9 18 6 108 x1.5 162 OCF @ 35' N9SE 5 5 10 5 50 x1.5 75 Inverted-L 70'/50' AA9L 1 1 2 1 2 x1.5 3 160-80-40 trap dipole @ 50 feet W0 Division KD0V 12 12 24 10 240 x1.5 360 Cf Zepp @ 30 feet Canada Division DX Division SWA - KEYER/KEYBOARD CATEGORY Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna W1 Division N2CN 16 16 32 7 224 224 ZS6BKW at 60 feet KB1M 12 12 24 6 144 144 20 mtr inv V, 40mtr dipole @ 30ft KC1DVT 6 6 12 5 60 60 30ft efhw W2 Division N2ESE 5 5 10 5 50 50 40mtr.dipole AA2VG 6 6 12 4 48 48 Carolina Windom @ 40' W3 Division NR3Z 40 39 79 16 1264 1264 OCF dipole @ 35 ft, gnd mtd Vert WA3FIR 21 21 42 13 546 546 OCF Inv Vee @ 20' W4 Division KB9ILT 50 50 100 21 2100 2100 End fed wire at 60 feet N4MJ 26 26 52 19 988 988 Windom @ 55' WB4OMM 25 25 50 12 600 600 G5RV at 35 feet K4JAZ 13 13 26 10 260 260 EFLW @ 25 ft KU4A 9 9 18 9 162 162 Slp dip @ 40' K2YGM 7 7 14 3 42 42 MOBILE WHIP KJ4RV 4 4 8 4 32 32 G5RV inv @ 40 ft. K7PTR 2 2 4 2 8 8 Windom @ 20' W5 Division K5MBA 3 3 6 3 18 18 40M EFHW inverted vee abt 25 feet W6 Division W7 Division AA7CU 0 0 0 0 0 0 6' mobile whip @ 12' using 10 radials K7MK 0 0 0 0 0 0 58' endfed wire w/AH-4 tuner W8 Division W8RTJ 30 30 60 16 960 960 Endfed wire up about 25' K3CTN 19 19 38 12 456 456 Inverted L @ 30' WB8LZG 17 17 34 11 374 374 Dipoles @ 30' WA8SAN 16 16 32 10 320 320 End Fed wire @ 25 Ft. W9 Division K9CW 15 15 30 12 360 360 40m/80m inverted V at 60' W0 Division AA0W 9 9 18 8 144 144 Dipole @ 30 Feet WZ0W 7 7 14 7 98 98 80m loop @ 30' NO2D 5 5 10 5 50 50 Dipole & doublet @ 30' K0EW 2 2 4 2 8 8 OCF Dipole at 25 feet WD0K 1 1 2 1 2 2 Vertical Canada Division VE3DQN 14 13 27 12 324 324 Dipoles@40ft VE3GNU 7 7 14 6 84 84 Multiband Dipole (DXCC) up 35' DX Division GAIN ANTENNA CATEGORY Call QSOs Mbrs Pts Mul Sco Bon Final 80-40-20 Antenna Straight Key Bug Keyer/Keyboard Not eligible for certificate or prize for the following reason(s): @ Non-member $ QRO power ! Late log ~ Submitted as check log
STATS: Logs submitted: 91 Total participants found in cross-checking spreadsheet: 131 Total QSOs in master cross-checking spreadsheet: 1159 States represented: 37 + MB ONSOAPBOX: WB8ENE - Made a few contacts again. The 40M band sounded pretty good here, but it would be nice to have an antenna for 80M again. With the days beginning to get longer, I at least have 20M to look forward to. Rig is a K3 and key is a Begali Blade. Thanks for the contacts. 73, Art W4HH - Lots of signals on 40; had to QRT early N2CN - I had a nice run early on on 40m. KB0ETU - Nothing heard except on 40 meters. Only caught the last 45 minutes. Thanks guys for the contacts. Rig: K-2 72, Phil WB4OMM - 40M was pretty quiet with good signals to start, and just like last night, after 45-50 minutes the bottom dropped out here on the North Florida East Coast. After an hour I tried 80M, only 2 signals there (and thank K9EZ for the second band!). 25 Qs, 12 states - not too bad! Always fun, thanks for all the Qs! 72/73, Steve WB4OMM W3TTT - I was on for just a half hour. I just finished building a QCX from QRP Labs for 40 meters. Also bought the enclosure. Sweet rig. Played hunt and pounce very nicely. I hope to use this rig for SOTA and all future NAQCC sprints. Oh, and it was battery powered. I also worked K3Y/4, but he was not part of the sprint. K1IEE - Had signals fading in and out , then static noise. Tried 20M heard one station, then tried 80M made two contacts so went back to 40M. Thanks to all 73 Dick WG8Y - Hi all,My wife is ill so spent time checking on her in between Q's.Did manage to work 17Q's and stopped at 10PM. K3BVQ gave me his SKCC no.1873.Should have been NAQCC No.6229. I logged what he sent.Asked him twice. Oh well. Hope to see everyone in the 160M Sprint next week. 72 from N.C. Mark WG8Y K3RLL - K3 to my Homeowner's Association prohibited after-dark only black vertical which lives by day in the bat cave (a.k.a. garage). Conditions were a lot better this month with a few really good signals. The big ones heard here were K9EYT and WG8Y. My apologies to patient stations calling that were overridden by my high line noise problem here. 72/73 ... Don K4KBL - Much better conditions tonight until the big power guys arrived . Had a great time overall and got to work our club president, Paul N8XMS. Hope all had a great time....Be sure to check out our Facebook page and join if you haven't already !! KF7WNS - Nice to be able to work the sprint again. Bands were weak, but QRN was down too. 72 all WZ0W - Tough going tonight...Didn't hear anyone on 40m, and only a handful on 80m. Fun couple of hours, nonetheless. See you all next month! N8XMS - I got a late start coming home from church and only had about 45 minutes to play but I was very pleased with the number of contacts that I was able to make on 40-meters. Conditions were surprisingly good and there were plenty of members around to work. A good start for the new year. Thanks and 73. K2YGM - Operating from West Palm Beach FL KX3 5W to mobile whip and loading coil Tnx for the Q's. See you next month 72 Bob K2YGM KD0V - No many stations heard here in Minnesota. KC9IL - Much better conditions this evening. Got a chance to try out the KX-3 and an old restored J-38 key. Thanks everyone for your patience. N2OD - Conditions continue to be tough during the sunspot minimum. Most stations were not much more than a whisper. I cherry picked those that were loud enough for me to copy with the QSB. Always enjoy the sprints and thanks to those who make them possible. Pete, no2d. N1XF - Took a break from Ham/CW, been back on air since before holidays and enrolled in CW Academy Level 2 class. I looked forward to this Sprint as I could use my Straight Key again. 20M was dead to me, 40 was OK until neighborhood RFI killed it for me. 80 seemed to be very good for me. I camped out on a frequency and just kept pounding brass. Good fun. Only had two folks I couldn't pull out of the weeds (and I did give one 529). N4MJ - 40m Started out terrible, same as it was last night for Fox Hunt, but came back fairly well as time passed. QSB was fast as usual. 80m was more even tempered when it comes to QSB. Good Sprint overall. Several new one's for me. Thanks to all participants. 73 de n4mj//glenn K4KRW - What a night. Great hearing everyone. I got contacts with most of the stations I normally hear. I didn't hear John K3WWP though. I checked 20m at the beginning but nothing heard. I got contacts on 40 and 80 with 4 stations I think. Lots of nice signals. First contest with a 80m doublet I just recently finished that uses sabertooth wire. Glad it seems to work. Thanks everyone! Richard W4EDN - Slow start but fast finish, worked my buddy k4krw. W5BIB - Had decent band conditions until the 'CW Ops MINI CWT Test' started @ 0300 !! Kinda wiped-out all of the 5 watt NAQCC sigs. VA3NU - QSB took a toll with lost chances here on 40. Still conditions seemed better than most nites lately. Come on Cycle 25 we need you to start! N4OW - 40 was very good here if FL. CWT wiped out 40 at the end. Lots of fun using this new vertical. See you all next month for more QRP fun. 73 de AL, N4ow 7700 KN1H - Thanks for another fun sprint. Conditions good on both 80 and 40, got to work several on both bands. Even worked a few from my own call area which hasn't happened in a while! IC-7300@5W and Nye Viking Master Key. AI4SV - Recently moved back to the US and testing out the new antenna. Note state has changed from VA to MD. Tonight: Nothing on 20m. Forty was noisy, but 80m was a delight. Thanks all! I've missed these sprints the last few years & glad to be back for a bit. 73 - Jack KJ4R - My first sprint with KX3. Nice to have 80M capability that my PFR 3B does not have. Seemed conditions were pretty good on both 80 and 40. VE3DQN was loudest signal that I worked....599 plus. Fun as alway and thanks to everyone who participated. K9DRP - Bands were much better than last month. Too bad I got a late start. I think there was a prop path between IL and NC (almost half of my contacts). I almost skipped over WB9HFK's CQ - he sounded like a QRO station on 80. Thanks to KB9ILT fer 2 bands. WB8LZG - Hello Agn Sprinters! Fired up the FTdx1200 at 5 watts last night. Good band condx here in mid-Michigan. started out on 40 with lots of signals to work. 40 was the best ive heard it in several months, strong sigs and low noise levels. Worked several old friends and a few new members too. Welcome to WT4U 9019. Found old friend Charles W2SH on 40, es he found me later on 80 for the 2nd band. FB fun fer sure. Heard several stns that didn't hear me, WB4OOM, N0TA es others. SRI to a few of you who answered my CQNA but couldn't quite pull you out. Seemed like short skip, as I didn't hear any stns from out west es no Texans at all ?? Had only an hour to play radio , but wished I could have played longer, as the bands were still hoppin when I pulled the plug. See u next sprint. 73 Gregg KE5YUM - Though signals were weak, I managed 3 contacts in my time available. I heard many other signals but could not make contact. This was my 95th sprint if my count is correct. KA2KGP - 20m. was nil, 40 & 80 were a OK with QSB/QRM. Rig: TenTec Argosy II at 5w. into G5RV up 25 ft. 73 to all, KEEP WARM! K4JAZ - Signals were almost in the noise for the most part making me work really hard for contacts but it was still fun! Thanks for the Qs Paul K4JAZ KU4A - With the 80m antenna still broken, I had to hope 40m would be OK. Sure enough, not bad. WB9HFK - Thanks for all the QSO's! See everyone in the upcoming mW Sprint! 72, Mark WB9HFK AA2VG - As usual had fun. Tonight especially was fun because I just finished building my third qrp rig. It's a tribander KD1JV from Pacific Antenna (qrpkits.com). I'm impressed! 72 Peter AA2VG NR3Z - Some really strong signals. Great to hear everyone. KD3CA - Worked 80 mtrs only , Lots of strong signals but QRN pretty bad at times. I tried 40 mtrs but was getting wiped out with stronger signals . Thanks to all that called and sorry to those that I just couldn't pull out. 73 to all Don K6MGO - Started out pretty good, worked KF7WNS in first 12 minutes, but never heard another station for rest of sprint. Oh well, maybe next month will be better. 72 to all and hope to work some of you at least again one of these days. Bill, K6MGO N8LA - KX3,5W,200' Dipole Up 35', Western Union 2A Legless Hand Key. In this new year I have hit the ground crawling (or has the ground hit me?) Much QRN and: no signals heard on 20: a number of weak signals heard on 40 and 80. Thanks to all who exercised their skill and patience to work me. Apologies to any I may have been unable to pull out. Finally, with much aid, I have been able to access LoTW and will attempt to upload my contacts to it. I am working on my Spotlight story. My professional editor XYL is going over it to redact any parts which could result in law suits or cause me to be confined to a rubber room. All the Best in this new year to All. I hope we can work each other during 2019. Lou, N8LA W2JEK - Had a good time. Think conditions could have been better but CW gets through. 72/73 DON W2JEK W2SH - For the first half hour 40m was in fine shape and I averaged two minutes per QSO. Currently 40m starts to exhibit a longer skip after 0200Z and this occurred tonight with my QSO spacing doubling to four minutes. Switching to 80m there was reduced activity but signals were strong and fills rarely needed. A quick peek at 40m after 0300Z revealed wall-to-wall signals, all belonging to the CWOPs, then in session. K7MK - Tough conditions out west. Heard one station on 40M, but never could get a call. Same on 80M. Called CQ on 40m/80m for quite a while with no replies. RBN reports looked reasonable, but no takers. Next time! CUL es 72. AD0YM - Was not able to participate in the entire sprint. Was pleased to find 40 meters active. Just had enough time to get in one QSO before a contest overwhelmed the band at 03:00 UTC. Continued, but was unable to successfully search and pounce. Still, a win as I originally did not think I would be able to be back home in time to even get on the air. AB8RL - 80-40 was so quiet at beginning of the Sprint I had to double check the schedule. 40 meters was bad in WV only made two contacts with the rest on 80 meters. Rig K3S 5 watts to full size 80 meter wire vertical with 2 above ground radials up 10 ft. Enjoyed the sprint had fun. W8RTJ - Just a bit late getting started , split time pretty evenly between 40 es 80. with mostly better signals on 80 I think. Always fun look forward to next one. 72 all W8RTJ W1PQO - The band started out ok but the CWOPS trashed the QRP stations. WD0K - Not much for propagation again. Thats life in the black hole.....72's Rich wd0k AK3X - Only had about 20 minutes to spend on the sprint. Kept on 40 meters where signals were mostly very good. Some deep QSB but it was not too much of a problem. May have lost one contact to QSB. TenTec Argonaut V at 5 watts and my trusty Speed X key. 72 to all, Peter WX4RM - Conditions seemed better than last sprint, tho 20 meters had considerable QSB. Had short skip, could not get past the Mississippi River to the West. Had fun as always. NN0SS - All of my QSO's were on 80 meters. KN1H was one of the strongest stations I worked. A lot of very weak signals but it was an enjoyable evening as always. K3JZD - Bands were better than they have been for a while. Nice to have that situation for a change. Nice to see participants in there all the way to the very end. Jody - K3JZD VE3GNU - Started on 40, but couldn't tolerate the incursion of high speed and powerful signals on a contest about half way in, so moved to 80 instead. Signals were generally weak at this QTH, with lots of QRN. Thanks to all for their participation and exchanges. Ten Tec Jupiter @ 5 W and Begali paddle. AS others have stated----and---wishing for better propagation in 2019. 73--Ernie AA5LH - It appeared 40M would be successful, but very little activity was recorded. AA0W - 80 Meters was in fair shape, my Bencher gave out (dirty contacts) so time on the air was cut short. KX2 internal battery for power. WB1GYZ - Hopefully, the 160 meter band will shine for us later this month. WT4U - Apologies to the west coast station I could _almost_ hear on 20m between QRM bursts. Great conditions on 40 and 80 the whole time. Nearly everyone I called came back to me. K9EYT - IC706,(5w) AH4 remote ant/tuner key J37 120' stealth wire. 40 was good for a while, WB4OMM and K3RLL very strong but just a few hundred miles away I did not hear the Midwest at all . TNX for the Q 72 |